Published at 6:24 AM CDT on Oct 6, 2017

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Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers celebrates after throwing a touchdown pass against the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC Divisional Playoff game at AT&T Stadium Jan. 15, 2017. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

Rod Marinelli, like a lot of defensive coordinators, hasn’t had much success beating Aaron Rodgers.

“That quarterback is something else. He’s unique,” Marinelli said of Rodgers. “I look forward to it every time because he’s such a great competitor. Competing against a competitor like that is why you’re in pro football.”

Rodgers is 13-2 against defenses Marinelli has coached in Detroit, where he was the head coach, and as an assistant in Chicago and Dallas.

He’s 3-0 in the playoffs against Marinelli, including playoff wins over the Cowboys in 2014 and 2016.

But what makes Rodgers special is that he’s lethal when he’s on the move.

“He has an unbelievable feel in the pocket. You just don’t see guys like that,” Marinelli said. “You see scramblers, but in the pocket he has the feel to step up or move back or squirt out left or right.

“He can run, and when he breaks outside the pocket you might as well chalk it up as a completion and get ready to play the next down.”

Just so you know, it wasn’t a lucky play. Rodgers had literally prepared a lifetime to make that play.

“We had good schemes when, I was growing up with a lot of boots and actions where you’re getting outside the pocket and learning how to throw on the run,” Rodgers said. “You know it’s working on that stuff in the offseason as I grew older and got to work in the quarterback school, do a lot of drills where you’re working on throwing outside of the pocket and moving at a high rate of speed.

“Then you’re just trying to be smart about listening to your body and how your movement affects the ball and you just try to lock away that muscle memory, so you remember how to be accurate when you’re running at full speed left or right — or almost full speed left or right — and trying to be as accurate as possible.”